EP 1413177 A1 20040428 - OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR HID LAMP BALLAST
Title (en)
OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR HID LAMP BALLAST
Title (de)
ÜBERSPANNUNGSSCHUTZ FÜR EIN VORSCHALTGERÄT EINER HID LAMPE
Title (fr)
PROTECTION CONTRE LES SURTENSIONS DU BALLAST DE LAMPE A DECHARGE A HAUTE TENSION
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 02733137 A 20020605
- EP 01202766 A 20010719
- IB 0202053 W 20020605
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO03009651A1] The present invention relates to a device for operating a high-pressure discharge lamp, comprising a switched mode power supply circuit (SMPS) for supplying power to the high pressure discharge lamp from a supply voltage, the power supply circuit comprising a half bridge commutating forward (HBCF) circuit including an inductance (Lhbcf), a capacitor circuit of a first capacitor (Cs1) and a second capacitor (Cs2) in series, the lamp (LA) being connectable between the inductance (Lhbcf) and a point (M) between the first and second capacitor(Cs1,Cs2); wherein overvoltage protection means are connected parallel to the lamp, which switch from an off-state with a high resistance operation to an on-state with a low resistance operation when the voltage difference across the protection means exceeds a breakover voltage (Vbo), the breakover voltage (Vbo) being selected to correspond to a predetermined maximum voltage across the first or the second capacitor (Cs1,Cs2).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H05B 41/24 (2006.01); H05B 41/231 (2006.01); H05B 41/292 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H05B 41/2925 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02B 20/00 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 03009651A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 03009651 A1 20030130; AT E330450 T1 20060715; CN 100364368 C 20080123; CN 1473453 A 20040204; CN 1533684 A 20040929; DE 60212402 D1 20060727; DE 60212402 T2 20070201; EP 1413177 A1 20040428; EP 1417869 A1 20040512; EP 1417869 B1 20060614; JP 2004522288 A 20040722; JP 2004536432 A 20041202; US 2004183459 A1 20040923; US 2004183460 A1 20040923; US 6919695 B2 20050719; US 6919696 B2 20050719; WO 03009650 A1 20030130
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 0202053 W 20020605; AT 02727960 T 20020605; CN 02802941 A 20020605; CN 02814487 A 20020605; DE 60212402 T 20020605; EP 02727960 A 20020605; EP 02733137 A 20020605; IB 0202052 W 20020605; JP 2003514853 A 20020605; JP 2003514854 A 20020605; US 48386304 A 20040114; US 48386404 A 20040114